Bella and I joined the Valley Wanderers today to hike 8 miles round trip to the Ptarmigan Valley Bridge over Little Peters Creek. It has finally warmed up to the low 20's, so Bella didn't need booties and her coat. She happily ran the whole way. The trail was covered with snow but well packed down, so easy walking with only grippers. No snowshoes needed. I had forgotten how long this trail was and wondered if we would ever get to that bridge. When we finally got there, I saw Bella on the other side of the bridge, visiting with Chris who had gone ahead. We had our lunch on the other side. I was comfortably seated on a fallen tree branch. Bella was busy begging for food from each of the hikers. Madeline's dog, Biscuit was busy begging for Bella's food from my little bag of treats. We took the well-packed Winter Trail on the way up, but the group decided to take the Summer Trail on the way back. It wasn't quite as well packed, and Bella got pretty wet, bounding through the deeper snow. But it had a nice view of the valley in the distance. We had to detour around several fallen trees on that section too. It may have been slightly longer but was still a nice route. I was hurrying because I needed to get down in time to make it to Tiffany's house for her family Thanksgiving dinner. I made it with plenty of time to spare. Bella was soaking wet but didn't seem to mind as she fell asleep in the car on the way home.
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